Neither I nor my staff in 10 Downing Street have commissioned any research by focus groups. The position on research by the Cabinet Office (which included my office) was set out in the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 5 March 1998,Official Report, columns 763–65.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will direct Ministers to place in the Library a copy of focus group work undertaken on behalf of their departments or the executive agencies for which they are responsible, indicating the cost in each case. [45461]